Warning: your luxury toilet may be targeted by hackers

[muriel_volestrangler]

Retailing for up to $5,686 (£3,821), the Satis toilet includes automatic flushing, bidet spray, music and fragrance release.
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The toilet uses bluetooth to receive instructions via the app, but the Pin code for every model is hardwired to be four zeros (0000), meaning that it cannot be reset and can be activated by any phone with the My Satis app, a report by Trustwave's Spiderlabs information security experts reveals.

"An attacker could simply download the My Satis application and use it to cause the toilet to repeatedly flush, raising the water usage and therefore utility cost to its owner," it says in its report.

"Attackers could (also) cause the unit to unexpectedly open/close the lid, activate bidet or air-dry functions, causing discomfort or distress to (the) user."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23575249

Or you could stick with a normal toilet. Bog standard, so to speak. And that way you don't have to worry about the order you wash your hands and use your phone to activate the features ...

[dembotoz]

1. while the fragrence release would be a good thing do we really need a toilet you need to plug in

[hack89]

2. Having lived in a Japanese house during the winter, I can vouch for heated toilet seats. nt

[Fumesucker]

10. Remote controlled warmers on the seats would be tres bien

One of the less pleasant aspects of saving energy is those wintertime latrine calls.

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Open/close lid, seat heater, flush, bidet, drying, fragrance...

Oh, the possibilities are just ENDLESS for those with a mean streak!

Not that I would ever consider doing anything like that, of course...

[pinboy3niner]

4. Bummer. nt

[Fawke Em]

5. Just emailed this to our computer forensics

expert and warned (teased) him that he and his department may need to get plumbing licenses soo.

[Chan790]

6. I don't expect a lot of rich people buying these...

self-made rich people for the most part are rich, got rich and remain rich for/by being cheap as fuck.

Fancy toilets seem like one of those luxury items middle-class people would buy to be their one nice thing.

[pipi_k]

8. Rich people

wouldn't buy this because they don't shit.

They pay others to shit for them.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Let's make them standard in all Congressional restrooms!

Now, where did I put that MP3 of the 1812 Overture?

[Blue Owl]

9. Didn't Mitt Romney have a toilet elevator at his luxury estate?

n/t

[NightWatcher]

11. My cousin has one of these (and a lack of creativity)

They couldn't think of anything better to piss their money away on. Those things are quite stupid. I did get to test drive it a few years ago.

I will be downloading that app and pray they don't have a good firewall on their shitter the next time I visit their McMansion.